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Regulations 



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National Military Parks 

And the Statutes under which they were 
Organized and are Adnunistered 



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WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1914 



Regulations 



FOR THE 



National Military Parks 

And the Statutes under which they were 
Orgzuiized eind are Administered 



1914 




WASHINGTON 

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War Department, 
Washington., July i, lOUf.. 
The following regulations for the national military parks under 
the jurisdiction of this department are published for the information 
and guidance of all concerned, and all regulations heretofore issued 
which are inconsistent therewith are hereby revoked. 

They will be strictly observed and enforced by the officers and 
employees of the several parks. 

Henry Breckinridge, 

Assistant Secretary of War. 



REGULATIONS. 



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REGULATIONS. 



OFFICE ADMINISTRATION. 

The chairman of each of the several national military park com- 
missions shall act as the chief executive officer thereof, except when 
specific directions to the contrary in any particular case have been 
issued or shall be issued by the Secretary of War. He shall sign all 
official communications on behalf of the commission and shall ap- 
prove all accounts and vouchers for expenditures which are submitted 
to the department for payment. He shall deposit to the credit of the 
Treasurer of the United States, at the close of each month, all 
moneys received during the month from rents, fines, and other mis- 
cellaneous sources, and shall forward an itemized account thereof 
to the Secretary of War, showing the source or sources from which 
such moneys were received, supporting all expenditures, if any, made 
from such receipts by vouchers therefor. 

MONUMENTS, MARKERS, AND TABLETS. 

1. Statements of the proposed dimensions, designs, inscriptions 
upon and material for all monuments, markers, and tablets shall 
be submitted in duplicate to the commissioners of the parks in which 
they are to be erected, and, in the case of monuments, plans and 
elevations showing exact measurements and a careful estimate of 
weight shall also be submitted. The commissioners will report the 
cases submitted, with their recommendations, to the Secretary of 
War, and upon his approval such monuments, markers, or tablets 
may be erected, but not until such approval shall have been given. 

2. Monuments, markers, and other permanent memorials. in the 
several parks shall be constructed of bronze or of granite or such 
other durable stone as, after investigation by the park commis- 
sioners, shall be recommended by them to and be approved by the 
Secretary of War. The number of markers shall be limited to such as, 
in the judgment of the Secretary of War, shall be necessary to desig- 
nate important positions. 

3. Inscriptions upon monuments, tablets, and other memorials in 
any park to commands or individuals must be purely historical and 

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must be confined to the campaign or battle which the park com- 
memorates. They must be based upon and conform to the official 
reports of the campaign or battle as contained in the records of the 
War Department and must be submitted through the chairman of the 
park commission to the Secretary of War for his approval before 
being adopted or placed within the park. Monuments, tablets, or 
other memorials erected in honor of individuals may have placed 
thereon in each case an additional and separate inscription containing 
the dates of birth and death and a brief statement of the military his- 
tory of the individual commemorated, to be located in such position as 
to avoid confusion with the main inscription relating to the indi- 
vidual's participation in the campaign or battle, such additional 
inscription to be in accordance with the official records and subject 
to the approval of the Secretary of War, Hereafter inscriptions 
upon monuments, tablets, or other memorials shall not contain 
any reference to or description of the donors. 

4. The location proposed for each monument, marker, or other 
permanent memorial in any park shall be submitted to the Secretary 
of War, through the park commissioners, for his approval. No such 
memorial shall be erected until the approval of its location shall have 
been obtained. 

5. Regimental monuments shall be placed on brigade lines on 
ground where the regiments did notable fighting. If, however, a 
regiment became separated from its own brigade and distinguished 
itself particularly, while alone or attached to another brigade, its 
monument may be so placed as to show that fact. Memorial monu- 
ments erected by the States must be located on the ground upon 
which some of the troops of the State erecting the monuments were 
engaged. Where troops fought outside the limits of the park their 
monuments may be placed at such points within the park as the com- 
missioners of the park may designate. 

6. Brigades, divisions, and corps may be designated, in inscrip- 
tions, by their numbers where that method was used, or by the names 
of their respective commanders, or by both. 

7. No monument, marker, or tablet shall be moved, changed, 
cleaned, or repaired in any park except by the commission of said 
park or under its special authority in writing. 

8. Contractors for the erection of monuments in any of the na- 
tional military parks shall notify the park engineer or superintend- 
ent of the time when and place where they propose to begin work, 
and will receive from him a written permit specifying the monuments 
to be erected. After the completion of the work the contractors must 
clear the ground of all rubbish which they may have accumulated 
and leave it in as good condition as at the commencement of the work. 



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9. No work upon monuments or other markers or tablets within 
any one of the S(»veral parks or approaches thereto shall be permitted 
on Sunday. 

ROADS. 

10. The width of the tires of all mounted trucks or other vehicles 
carrying loads weighing 2,500 pounds or more over the roads of the 
several parks shall, with respect to the weight of the loads carried, be 
not less than those specified in the following table : 

Tires 
(inches). 

2,500 to 3,000 pounds 2i 

3,000 to 4,000 pounds 3 

4,000 to 5,000 pounds 4 

5,000 to 15,000 pounds 4i 

15.000 to 25,000 pounds 5 

25,000 to 35,000 pounds 6 

For loads exceeding 35,000 pounds 1 inch additional width of tire 
for each additional 5,000 pounds of load. 

No hauling of heavy monuments will be permitted in wet weather. 
No monument truck wagon or vehicle of any kind shall be driven on 
any of the avenues or roads of the several parks with locked wheels. 

It shall be the duty of the commissioners of the several parks to 
forbid and prevent the erection of any monuments or markers which 
shall have been hauled in violation of these regulations. 

11. All persons, in traveling by vehicles or on horseback over the 
roads of any of the parks, shall confine their course to the roads con- 
structed for such purpose and to the right-hand side of such roads, 
and in passing a vehicle going in the same direction they shall turn 
to the left. No person shall willfully or knowingly use, for riding 
or driving over such roads, animals not broken or under control. 
Automobiles and motor cycles to be used on the roads of the parks 
must be equipped with horns and with accurate and reliable speedom- 
eters, and shall not be run at a speed exceeding the rate of 12 miles 
per hour, or 8 miles per hour in approaching and rounding curves, 
at which time also the horns must be sounded. 

LEASES OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. 

12. Hereafter all leases of Government property within the several 
national military parks shall be executed by the Secretary of War on 
behalf of the United States as lessor and by the lessees. Such leases 
shall be executed in triplicate, one copy to be delivered to the lessee, 
one copy to be retained in the office files of the park within which the 
property is situated, and one copy to be returned to the Secretary of 
War for file in the office of the Judge Advocate General with the 
deeds and other title papers pertaining to said park. 

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MISCEIXANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

13. The removal, destruction, mutilation, injuring, or defacement 
of any mounment, statue, marker, guidepost, or other structure, or 
of any fence, railing, inclosure, or other work for ornament or pro- 
tection in any park is prohibited. 

14. Removing, destroying, breaking down, or otherwise injuring 
any tree, shrub, or plant growing upon any park is prohibited. 

15. Hunting with dog, gun, or trap, or interfering with birds or 
their nests within the limits of any park is prohibited. 

16. Parties are prohibited from camping within any park with- 
out the consent of the commissioners or superintendent thereof and 
then only upon such grounds as these officers may designate. Such 
parties will be held responsible for fires or other damages caused by 
them. 

17. The purchase or sale of intoxicating liquor within the limits 
of any park is prohibited. 

18. The throwing of stones or other missiles within the limits of 
any park is prohibited. 

19. The discharge of firearms, fireworks, or other explosives in 
any park without the consent of the Secretary of War or of the 
commissioners or superintendent of said park is prohibited. 

20. Photographs or other views or pictures shall not be taken in 
any park without the permission of the Secretary of War or of 
the commissioners or superintendent of said park. 

21. The soliciting of alms, contributions, or subscriptions in any 
park is prohibited. 

22. Advertisements or private notices shall not be posted or dis- 
played within any park or along the public roads leading thereto over 
which jurisdiction has been ceded to the United States. 

23. No live stock of any kind shall be permitted to graze or roam 
at large in any park except under such restrictions and regulations 
as may be approved by the Secretary of War in the case of any 
particular park. 

24. Dogs shall not be allowed within the limits of any park unless 
accompanied by their owners. 

25. No persons other than authorized employees shall be permitted 
to reside permanently or engage in any business in any park except by 
authority of the Secretary of War, provided that the sale of 
refreshments and souvenirs by persons not employees may be per- 
mitted by the commissioners or superintendents of the several parks 
on special public occasions. Employees of the parks shall not be 
permitted to engage in any occupation or private business such as 
farming, gardening, or merchandising except by authority of the 
commissioners or superintendent of the park in which employed. 



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26. No pei^ons shall be permitted to offer their services or to act 
as guides in any park unless licensed for that purpose by the com- 
missioners or superintendent thereof. They shall be furnished with 
official badges as evidence of their authority, which shall remain 
the property of the United States and be returned to the park 
authorities upon revocation of their licenses. 

27. Employees of parks are required at all times to be courteous 
to visitors. Visitors are expected to be orderly. They are invited 
to report in writing to the authorities in charge of any park any 
incivility or neglect on the part of any employees or guides thereof. 



STATUTES 



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INDEX TO STATUTES. 



Paragraph. 

General 1-12 

Use for maneuvers 1 

Same 2 

Same, regulations 3 

Destruction of or injury to monuments, trees, etc 4 

Trespassing for the purpose of hunting, shooting, etc 5 

Superintendents, etc., may make arrests 6 

Entry upon a reservation for a purpose prohibited by law 7 

Cutting or injuring trees, etc 8 

Cutting and chipping trees to secure pitch, etc 9 

Breaking fences, driving cattle, etc., upon reservations 10 

Ejectment of lessees 11 

Vacancies in offices of commissioners not to be filled 12 

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park 13-36 

Extent 13 

Designation, boundaries, and area 14 

Supervision of Secretary of War 15 

Agreements before purchase with owners for future occupation and 

use of lands held by them 16 

Commissioners, appointment 17 

Same, where located 18 

Same, duties 19 

Same, shall mark locations of troops and lines of battle 20 

Secretary of War shall make regulations 21 

Appropriation for preliminary work 22 

Reduction of area 23 

Purchases 24 

Same -r 25 

Same 26 

Purchase of sites for monuments in Lookout Valley 27 

States authorized to mark lines of battle, erect monuments, etc 28 

States authorized to take and use stone, gravel, etc., found within 

the park for foundations 29 

Location of monuments 30 

Same, State memorials 31 

Leases — 32 

Donation of land for roads 33 

Marking locations with condemned cannon and cannon balls 34 

Destruction of or injury to monuments, fences, trees, etc 35 

Right of way to Chattanooga Rapid Transit Co 36 

Gettysburg National Park 37-50 

Acquisition of lands from the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial 

Association 37 

Designation 38 

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Gettysburg National Park— Continued. Paragraph. 

Commissioners, compensation, duties 39 

Acquisition of additional lands 40 

Same, condemnation 4]^ 

Disbursements to be approved by the Secretary of War and reported 

annually to Congress 42 

Marking positions with tablets, opening and improving avenues, etc__ 43 

Same, continuation of work 44 

Improvement and maintenance of public roads 45 

Specimens of arms, uniforms, etc., used in battle to be preserved for 

historical purposes in museum on field 46 

Leases 47 

Erection of tablet to contain President Lincoln's Gettysburg address- 48 
Destruction of or injury to monuments, fences, trees, etc., and hunt- 
ing within the park 49 

Regulations 50 

Shiloh National Military Park 51-61 

Extent, designation 51 

Acquisition of lands 52 

Commissioners, appointment, compensation 53 

Same, duties 54 

Same, location of office ; limitation upon cost of lands 55 

States authorized to mark lines of battle by monuments, tablets, etc__ 56 

Leases 57 

Destruction of or injury to monuments, fences, trees, etc 58 

Disbursements to be approved by the Secretary of War and reported 

annually to Congress 59 

Condemned cannon, cannon balls, etc 60 

Same 61 

Vicksburg National Military Park 62-69 

Establishment, extent 62 

Acquisition of lands 63 

Leases 64 

Commissioners, appointment, compensation 65 

Same, duties 66 

States authorized to mark lines of battle by monuments, tablets, etc 67 

Destruction of or injury to monuments, fences, trees, etc., and hunt- 
ing within the park 68 

Disbursements to be approved by the Secretary of War and reported 

annually to Congress 69 



STATUTES. 



GENERAL. 



1. Use for maneuvers. — In order to obtain practical benefits of 
great value to the country from the establishment of national mili- 
tary parks, said parks and their approaches are hereby declared to 
be national fields for military maneuvers for the Regular Army of 
the United States and the National Guard or Militia of the States: 
Provided^ That the said parks shall be opened for such purposes 
only in the discretion of the Secretary of War, and under such 
regulations as he may prescribe.^ — Act of May 15,1896 {29 Stat., 1^0). 

2. Same. — The Secretary of War is hereby authorized, within the 
limits of appropriations which may from time to time be available 
for such purpose, to assemble, at his discretion, in camp at such 
season of the year and for such period as he may designate, at such 
field of military maneuvers, such portions of the military forces of 
the United States as he may think best, to receive military instruc- 
tion there. — Sec. 2, id. 

3. Same, regulations. — The Secretary of War is further author- 
ized to make and publish regulations governing the assembling of 
the National Guard or Militia of the several States upon the maneu- 
vering grounds, and he may detail instructors from the Regular 
Army for such forces during their exercises, — Sec. 2, id. 

4. Destruction of or injury to monuments, trees, etc. — Every 
person who willfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, injures, or removes 
any monument, statue^ marker, guidepost, or other structure, or who 
willfully destroys, cuts, breaks, injures, or removes any tree, shrub, 
or plant within the limits of any national parks, shall be deemed 
guilt}"- of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than ten 
dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each monument, 

1 Section 35 of the act of Feb 2, 1901 (31 Stat., 757), contained a provision that 
" the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause pre- 
liminary examinations and surveys to be made for the purpose of selecting four sites 
with a view to the establishment of permanent camp grounds for instruction of troops 
of the Regular Army and National Guard, with estimates of the cost of the sites and 
their equipment, with all modern appliances, and for this purpose is authorized to detail 
such officers of the Army as may be necessary to carry on the preliminary work ; and 
the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the necessary expense of 
such work, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War : Provided, 
That the Secretary of War shall report to Congress the result of such examination and 
surveys ; and no contract for said sites shall be made nor any obligations incurred until 
Congress shall approve such selections and appropriate the money therefor." 

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statue, marker, guidepost, or other structure, tree, shrub, or plant 
destroyed, defaced, injured, cut, or removed, or by imprisonment for 
not less than fifteen days and not more than one year, or by both 
fine and imprisonment.— .4 cz5 of March 3, 1897 {29 Stat., 621). 

5. Trespassing for the purpose or hunting, shooting, etc. — 
Every person who shall trespass upon any national parks for the 
purpose of hunting or shooting, or who shall hunt any kind of game 
thereon Avith gun or dog, or shall set trap or net or other device 
whatsoever thereon for the purpose of hunting or catching game of 
any kind, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor^ punishable by a fine of 
not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not less 
than five days or more than thirty days, or by both fine and impris- 
onment. — Sec. ^, id. 

6. Superintendents, etc., may make arrests. — The superintend- 
ent or any guardian of such park is authorized to arrest forthwith 
any person engaged or who may have been engaged in committing 
any misdemeanor named in this act, and shall bring such person 
before any United States commissioner or judge of any district or 
circuit court of the United States within either of the districts 
within which the park is situated, and in the district within which 
the misdemeanor has been committed, for the purpose of holding 
him to answer for such misdemeanor, and then and there shall make 
complaint in due form.^ — Sec. 3, id. 

7. Entry upon a reservation for a purpose prohibited by law. — 
'Whoever shall go upon any military reservation. Army post, fort, or 
arsenal for any purpose prohibited by law or military regulation 
made in pursuance of law, or whoever shall reenter or be found 
within any such reservation, post, fort, or arsenal after having been 
removed therefrom or ordered not to reenter by an}^ officer or person 
in command or charge thereof, shall be fined not more than five hun- 
dred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. — Sec. 
k5, act of March ^, 1909, Criminal Code {35 Stat., 1097). 

8. Cutting or injuring trees, etc. — Whoever shall unlawfully 
cut, or aid in unlawfully cutting, or shall wantonly injure or destroy, 
or procure to be wantonly injured or destroyed, any tree growing, 
standing, or being upon any land of the United States which, in 
pursuance of law, has been reserved or purchased by the United 
States for any public use, or upon any Indian reservation, or lands 
belonging to or occupied by any tribe of Indians under the author- 
ity of the United States, shall be fined not more than five hundred 
dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. — Sec. 50, id. 

9. Cutting and chipping trees to secure pitch, etc. — Whoever 
shall cut, chip, chop, or box any tree upon any lands belonging to 

1 For other statutes ipspecting the punishment of offenses committed in national mili- 
tary parks, see pars. 7, 8, 9. 10, -'iS, 49, 58, and 68, post. 



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the United States or upon any lands covered by or embraced in 
any unperfected settlement, application, filing, entr3% selection, or 
location, made under any law of the United States, for the purpose 
of obtaining from such tree any pitch, turpentine, or other substance, 
or shall knowingly encourage, cause, procure, or aid in the cutting, 
chipping, chopping, or boxing of any such tree, or shall buy, trade 
for, or in any manner acquire an}^ pitch, turpentine, or other sub- 
stance, or an}' article or commodity made from any such pitch, tur- 
pentine, or other substance, when he has laiowledge that the same 
has been so unlawfully obtained from such trees, shall be fined not 
more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one 
year, or both. — Sec. 51^ id. 

10. Breaking fences, driving cattle, etc., upon reservations. — 
Whoever shall knowingly and unlawfully break, open, or destro^y any 
gate, fence, hedge, or wall inclosing any lands of the United States 
which, in pursuance of anj'^ law, have been reserved or purchased by the 
United States for any public use; or whoever shall drive any cattle, 
horses, hogs, or other live stock upon any such lands for the purpose of 
destroying the grass or trees on said lands, or where they may destroy 
the said grass or trees ; or whoever shall Icnowingly permit his cattle, 
horses, hogs, or other live stock, to enter through any such inclosure 
upon any such lands of the United States, where such cattle, horses, 
hogs, or other live st(<ck may or can destroy the grass or trees or 
other property of the United States on the said lands, shall be fined 
not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than 
one year, or both: Provided., That nothing in this section shall be 
construed to apply to unreserved public lands. — Sec. 56^ id. 

11. Ejectment of lessees. — Any person to whom land lying within 
an}^ national parks may have been leased, who refuses to give up 
possession of the same to the United States after the termination of 
the said lease, and after possession has been demanded for the United 
States by any park commissioner or the park superintendent, or 
any person retaining possession of land lying within the boundary 
of said park which he or she may have sold to the United States for 
park purposes and have received payment therefor, after possession 
of the same has been demanded for the United States by any park 
commissioner or the park superintendent, shall be deemed guilty 
of trespass, and the United States may maintain an action for the 
recovery of the possession of the premises so withheld in the courts 
of the United States, according to the statutes or code of practice 
of the State in which the park may be situated.^— ^S^ec. 4, id. 

12. Vacancies in offices of commissioners not to be filled. — 
Hereafter vacancies occurring by death or resignation in the mem- 

^ F'or cnactinonts nurliorizlns; lenses of land includorl within the limits of national 
military parks, see pars. 32, 47, 57, and 64, post. 



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bership of the several commissions in charge of national military 
parks shall not be filled, and the duties of the offices thus vacated 
shall devolve upon the remaining commissionei's or commissioner for 
each of said parks: Provided, That as vacancies occur hereunder the 
Secretary of War shall become ex officio a member of the commis- 
sion effected with full authoritv to act with the remaining commis- 
sioners or commissioner, and in case of the vacation of all the offices 
of commissioner in any one park hereunder the duties of such com- 
mission shall thereafter be performed under the direction of the 
Secretary of War.— .4^?^ of Avg. Qlf, 1912 {37 Stat.. U2^ 

CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK. 

13. ExTEMT.^ — For the purpose of preserving and suitably marking 
vor historical and professional military study the fields of some of 
the most remarkable maneuA^ers and most brilliant fighting in the 
War of the Rebellion, and upon the ceding of jurisdiction to the 
United States by the States of Tennessee and Oeorgia. respectively, 
and the report of the Attorney General of the United States that 
the title to the lands thus ceded is j^erfect, the following described 
liighways in those States are hereby dechired to be approaches to 
and parts of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military 
Park as established by the second section of this act. to Avit : First, 
the Missionary Ridge Crest road from Sherman Heights at the 
north end of Missionary Ridge, in Tennessee, where the said road 
enters upon the ground occupied by the Army of the Tennessee un- 
der Major General William T. Sherman, in the military operations 
of November twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and 
sixty-three; thence along said road through the positions occupied 
by the army of General Braxton Bragg on November twenty-fifth, 
eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and Avhich were assaulted by the 
Arniy of the Cumberland under Major General George H. Thomas 
on that date, to where the said road crosses the southern boundary 
of the State of Tennessee, near Rossville Gap, Georgia, upon the 
ground occupied b}^ the troops of Major General Joseph Hooker, 
from the Army of the Potomac, and thence in the State of Georgia 
lo the junction of said road with the Chattanooga and Lafayette or 
State road at Rossville Gap; second, the Lafayette or State road 
from Rossville, Georgia, to Lee and Gordon's Mills, Georgia; third, 
the road from Lee and Gordon's Mills, Georgia, to Crawfish Springs. 
Georgia; fourth, the road from Crawfish Springs, Georgia, to the 
crossing of the Chickamauga at Glass' Mills, Georgia; fifth, the Dry 
Valley road from Rossville, Georgia, to the southern limits of Mc- 
Farland's Gap in Missionary Ridge; sixth, the Dry Valley and 
CraAvfish Springs road from McFarland's Gap to the intersection 
of the road from Crawfish Springs to Lee and Gordon's Mills; 



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seventh, tlie road from Ringold, Georgia, to Reed's Bridge on the 
Chickamaugji River; eighth, the roads from the crossing of Lookout 
Creek across the northern slope of Lookout Mountain and thence 
to the old Summertown road and to the valley on the east slope 
of the said mountain and thence by the route of General Joseph 
Hooker's troops to Rossville, Georgia, and each and all of these 
herein described roads shall, after the passage of this act, remain 
open as free public highways, and all rights of way now existing 
through the grounds of the said park and its approaches shall be 
continued.— .4 c^ of August 19, 1890 {26 Stat., 333). 

14. Designation, boundaries, and area. — Upon the ceding of 
jurisdiction by the legislature of the State of Georgia, and the report 
of the Attorney General of the United States that a perfect title has 
been secured under the provisions of the act approved August first, 
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled "An act to authorize 
condemnation of land for sites for public buildings, and for other 
purposes," the lands and roads embraced in the area bounded as 
herein described, together with the roads described in section one of 
this act, are hereby declared to be a national park, to be known as the 
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park; that is to say, the 
area inclosed by a line beginning on the Lafayette or State road, in 
Georgia, at a point where the bottom of the ravine next north of the 
house known on the field of Chickamauga as the Cloud House, and 
being about six hundred yards north of said house, due east to the 
Chickamauga River and due west to the intersection of the Dry Val- 
ley road at McFarlands Gap ; thence along the west side of the Dry 
Valley and Crawfish Springs roads to the south side of the road from 
Crawfish Springs to Lee and Gordons Mills ; thence along the south 
side of the last-named road to Lee and Gordons Mills; thence along 
the channel of the Chickamauga River to the line forming the north- 
ern boundary of the park as hereinbefore described, containing seven 
thousand six hundred acres, more or less. — Sec. 2, id. 

15. Supervision of Secretary of War. — The said Chickamauga 
and Chattanooga National Park, and the approaches thereto, shall 
be under the control of the Secretary of War, and it shall be his 
duty, immediately after the passage of this act, to notify the Attor- 
ney General of the purpose of the United States to acquire title to 
the roads and lands described in the previous sections of this act 
under the provisions of the act of August first, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-eight; and the said Secretary, upon receiving notice from the 
Attorney General of the United States that perfect titles have been 
secured to the said lands and roads, shall at once proceed to establish 
and substantiallv mark the boundaries of the said park. — Sec. 3, id. 

16. Agreements before purchase with owners for future occu- 
pation and use of lands held by them, — The Secretary of War is 



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hereby authorized to enter into agreements, upon such nominal 
terms as he may prescribe, with such present owners of the land as 
may desire to remain upon it, to occupy and cultivate their present 
holdings, upon condition that they will preserve the present build- 
ings and roads, and the present outlines of field and forest, and that 
they will only cut trees or underbrush under such regulations as the 
Secretary ma}^ prescribe, and that they will assist in caring for and 
protecting all tablets, monuments, or such other artificial works as 
may from time to time be erected by proper authority. — Sec. ^, id. 

17. Commissioners, appoi:ntment. — The affairs of the Chicka- 
mauga and Chattanooga National Park shall, subject to the super- 
vision and direction of the Secretary of War, be in charge of three 
commissioners, each of whom shall have actively participated in the 
Battle of Chickamauga or one of the battles about Chattanooga, two 
to be appointed from civil life by the Secretary of War, and a third, 
who shall be detailed by the Secretary of War from among those 
officers of the Army best acquainted with the details of the battles 
of Chickamauga and Chattanooga, who shall act as secretary of the 
commission. The said commissioners and secretary shall have an 
office in the War Department Building, and while on actual duty 
shall be paid such compensation, out of the appropriation provided 
in this act, as the Secretary of War shall deem reasonable and just. — 
Sec. .5, id. 

18. Same, whebe located. — The affairs of the Chickamauga and 
Chattanooga National Military Park shall, subject to the supervision 
and direction of the Secretary of War, be in charge of three commis- 
sioners, to be appointed by the Secretary of War, each of whom 
shall have activelj'^ participated in the Battle of Chickamauga, or 
in one of the battles about Chattanooga; one of whom, upon desig- 
nation by the Secretary of War, shall act as chairman, and another 
as secretary of the commission. The said commissioners shall have 
an office in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and shall receive compensation 
at the rate of three hundred dollars per month. — Act of April 8, 
1910 {36 Stat., 293.) 

19. Same duties. — It shall be the duty of the commissioners named 
in the preceding section, under the direction of the Secretary of War, 
to superintend the opening of such roads as may be necessary to the 
purposes of the park, and the repair of the roads of the same, and 
to ascertain and definitely mark the lines of battle of all troops 
engaged in the battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga, so far as 
the same shall fall within the lines of the park as defined in the 
previous sections of this act, and, for the purpose of assisting them 
in their duties and in ascertaining these lines, the Secretary of War 
shall have authority to employ, at such compensation as he may 



deem reasonable and just, to be paid out of the appropriation made 
by this act, some person recognized as well infoi-med in regard to 
the details of the battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga, and who 
shall have actiA^ely participated in one of those battles, and it shall 
be the duty of the Secretary of War from and after the passage of 
this act, through the commissioners, and their assistant in historical 
work, and under the act approved August first, eighteen hundred 
and eighty-eight, regulating the condemnation of land for public 
uses, to proceed with the preliminary work of establishing the park 
and its approaches as the same are defined in this act, and the 
expenses thus incurred shall be paid out of the appropriation pro 
vided by this act.^ — Sec. 6', id. 

20. Same, shall, mark locations or troops and lines of baitle. — 
It shall be the duty of the commissioners, acting under the directicn 
of the Secretary of War, to ascertain and substantially mark the 
locations of the regular troops, both infantry and artillery, within 
the boundaries of the park, and to erect monuments upon those posi- 
tions as Congress may provide the necessary appropriations ; and the 
Secretary of War in the same way may ascertain and mark all lines 
of battle within the boundaries of the park and erect plain and sub- 
stantial historical tablets at such points in the vicinity of the park 
and its approaches as he may deem fitting and necessary to clearly 
designate positions and movements, which, although without the 
limits of the park, were directly connected with the battles of Chicka- 
mauga and Chattanooga.- — Sec. 7, id. 

21. Secretary of War shall make regulations. — The Secretary 
of War, subject to the approval of the President of the United 
States, shall have the power to make, and shall make, all needed 
regulations for the care of the park and for the establishment and 
marking of the lines of battle and other historical features of the 
park. — Sec. 9, id. 

22. Appropriation for preliisiinary work. — To enable the Secre- 
tary of War to begin to carry out the purposes of this act, including 
the condemnation and purchase of the necessary land, marking the 
boundaries of the park, opening or repairing necessary roads, maps, 
and surveys, and the paj^ and expenses of the commissioners and 
their assistant, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dol- 
lars, or such portion thereof as may be necessary, is hereb}'^ appro- 
priated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appro- 
priated, and disbursements under this act shall require the approval 
of the Secretary of War, and he shall make annual report of the 
same to Congress. — Sec. 11, id, 

1 All vouchers in support of disbursements under the act of Aug. 19, 1890 (26 Stat., 
333), providing for the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, and the 
acts supplementary thereto, require the approval of the Secretary of War. (9 Comp. 
Dec, 446.) 



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23. Reduction of area. — The Secretary of AA^ar, upon the recoin- 
mendatioii of the Chickamauga Park Commissioners, may confine the 
limits of the park to such reduced area, within the bounds fixed by 
the said act, as may be sufficient for the purposes of the said act, and 
the acquisition of title by the United States to such reduced area 
shall be held to be a compliance with the terms of said act, and such 
title shall be procured by the Secretary of War and under his direc- 
tion in accordance with the methods prescribed in sections four, five, 
and six of the act approved February twenty-second, eighteen hun- 
dred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to establish and protect na- 
tional cemeteries," which procurement of title shall be held to be a 
compliance with the act establishing the said park, and the Secre- 
tary of War shall proceed with the establishment of the park as 
rapidly as jurisdiction over the roads of the park and its approaches 
and title to the separate parcels of land which compose it may be 
obtained from the United States. — Act of March 3, 1891 {26 Stat., 
978). 

24. PuKciiASES. — To enable the Secretary of War to complete the 
establishment of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Mili- 
tary Park according to the terms of existing laws, including surveys, 
maps, models in relief, the purchase of Orchard Knob and Sher- 
man's Earthworks, and for observation towers and the purchase of 
sites for two of them, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. — Act 
of August 5, 1892 {27 Stat., 376). 

25. Same. — To enable the Secretary of War to complete the estab- 
lishment of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Militaiy 
Park, according to the terms of existing laws, including the con- 
struction of roads, surveys, maps, iron gun carriages, administration 
building, the purchase of land within the legal area of the park and 
the north point of Lookout Mountain,^ and for widening roads, for 
bronze historical tablets, repairs to bridges, one observation tower 
on Orchard Knob ; - * * * in all, one hundred thousand dollars. — 
Act of March 3, 1893 {27 Stat., 376). 

2G. Same. — To * * * complete the establishment of the park, 
* " ""' including road construction, * * * foundations for 
State monuments, the purchase of the north end of Missionary 
Eidge, and monument sites in the vicinity of Glass's Mills * * * 
in ail, seventy-five thousand dollars. — Act of August 18, 189^ {28 
Stat., 403). 

1 The act of July 1, 1890 (30 Stat., 629), contains provision for the completion of this 
purchase. 

- The term " or other public building of any kind whatever," used in sec. 355, Rev. 
Stats., held to include the " observation towers," for the erection of whicli in the Chicka- 
mauga and Chattanooga National Park appropriations were made in the acts of Aug. 5. 
1892, and Mar. 3, 1893. Consent by the legislature of the State to the purchase of the 
land by the United States is therefore requisite before the appropriation can legally be 
expended. (Dig. Opin. J. A. G., 940 G. 1.) 



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27. Purchase of sites for monuments in Lookout Valley. — To 
'■' '■' * complete the establishment of the * * * park, * * * 
including road work, memorial gateway and designs therefor, 
* * '•' land the purchase of which has heretofore been authorized 
by lav,-, sites for monuments in Lookout Valley, not to exceed three 
hundred dollars in all; in all, seventy-five thousand dollars. — Act of 
March 2, 1895 {28 Stat., 945). 

28. States authorized to mark lines of battle, erect monu- 
ments, ETC. — It shall be lawful for the authorities of any State hav- 
ing troops engaged either at Chattanooga or Chickamauga, and for 
the officers and directors of the Chickamauga Memorial Association^ 
a corporation chartered under the laws of Georgia, to enter upon 
the lands and approaches of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga 
National Park for the jiurpose of ascertaining and marking the lines 
of battle of tro(;ps engaged therein : Provided., That before any such 
lines are permanently designated the position of the lines and the 
proposed methods of marking them by monuments, tablets, or other- 
wise shall be submitted to the Secretary of War, and shall first 
receive the written approval of the Secretary, which approval shall 
be based upon formal written reports, which must be made to him in 
each case by the commissioners of the park. — Sec. 5, act of August 
19, 1890 {26 Stat., 333). 

29. States authorized to take and use stone, gravel, etc., found 
WITHIN THE PARK FOR FOUNDATIONS. — The Said board of commis- 
si(mers heretofore appointed pursuant to the statute creating said 
park is hereby empowered to authorize the boards or representatives 
of the several States building monuments upon said battlefield to 
take and use, under such rules and regulations and upon such terms 
as said national commission may direct, such stone and other ma- 
terial, including sand and gravel, as may be necessary to construct 
the foundation for any such monuments, and which may be found 
within the territory of said national park, and the roads and high- 
ways leading thereto. — Joint resolution No. 8, October 2, 1893 {28 
Stat., 12). 

30. Location of monuments. — No monuments or memorials shall 
be erected upon any lands of the park, or remain upon any lands 
which may be purchased for the park, except upon ground actually 
occupied in the course of the battle by troops of the State which the 
proposed monuments are intended to commemorate, except upon 
those sections of the park set apart for memorials to troops which 
were engaged in the campaigns, but operated outside of the legal 
limits of the park; and the regulations of the commissioners of the 
park, as approved by the Secretary of War, promulgated December 
fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, are hereby affirmed. — 
Act of Fehruartj 26, 1896 {29 Stat., 21). 



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31. Same, State memorials. — State memorials shall be placed on 
brigade lines of battle under the direction of the park commission. — 
Act of June 4, 1897 {30 Stat, 4S). 

32. Leases. — The Secretary of War may lease the lands of the 
parJc at his discretion, either to former owners or other persons, for 
agricultural purposes, the proceeds to be applied by the Secretary 
of War to the repairs of roads and the care of the park; and from 
this appropriation the Secretary of AVar is authorized to pay the 
disbursing officer of the War Department the sum of five hundred 
dollars for disbursing this and former appropriations for said 
p^rk.^— Act of August 5, 1892 {27 Stat., 376). 

33. Donation or land for road. — The Secretary of War is hereby 
authorized to accept on behalf of the United States donations of 
Jand for road purposes.— ^c^ of March 3, 1893 {27 Stat., 599). 

34. Marking locations with condemned cannon and cannon 
bali-s. — The Secretary of War and the Secretary of the J^avy are 
hereby authorized to deliver to the Commissioners of the Chicka- 
mauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, at the park, such 
number of condemned cannon and cannon balls as their judgment 
may approve, for the purpose of their work of indication and mark- 
ing location on the battlefields of Chickamauga, Missionary Kidge, 
and Lookout Mountain.— .4 ci^ of August 5, 1892 {27 Stat., 376). 

35. Destruction of or injury to monuments, fences, trees, 
ETC. — If any person shall willfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, 
or remove any monument, column, statues, memorial structure, or 
work of art that shall be erected or placed upon the grounds of the 
park by lawful authority, or shall willfully destroy or remove any 
fence, railing, inclosure, or other work for the protection or orna- 
ment of said park, or any portion thereof, or shall willfully de- 
stroy, cut, hack, bark, break down, or otherwise injure any tree, bush, 
or shrubbery that may be growing upon said park, or shall cut down 
or fell or remove any timber, battle relic, tree or trees growing or 
being upon such park, except by permission of the Secretary of War, 
or shall willfully remove or destroy any breastworks, earthworks, 
walls, or other defenses or shelter, or any part thereof, constructed 
by the armies formerly engaged in the battles on the lands or ap- 
proaches to the park, any person so offending and found guilty 
thereof, before any justice of the peace of the county in which the 
offense may be committed, shall for each and every such offense for- 
feit and pay a fine, in the discretion of the justice, according to the 
aggravation of the offense, of not less than five nor more than fifty 
doUars, one-half to the use of the park and the other half to the 
informer, to be enforced and recovered, before such justice, in like 

iSee also section 4, act of Aug. 19, 1890 (26 Stat., 333), par. 16, ante. 



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manner as debts of like nature are now by law recoverable in the 
several counties where the offense may be committed.^ — Sec. 10, id. 

36. Right of way to Chattanooga Rapid Transit Company. — 
The Secretary of War is hereby authorized, at his discretion, and 
upon the favorable recommendation of the Chickamauga and Chat- 
tanooga National Park Commission, to grant a right of way to the 
Chattanooga Rapid Transit Company to lay a single track across 
the Dry Valley Road at such point or place thereon as said commis- 
sion may determine upon; and also, upon like recommendation of 
said commission, may grant such other concessions as may be neces- 
sary to permit the said Chattanooga Rapid Transit Company to 
extend its lines to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park : 
Provided, That such grant or grants shall only become or be opera- 
tive on the condition that the track and tracks and roadbed of said 
company and the right of way for any and all extensions of its road 
to said park from the point of crossing said Dry Valley road shall 
first be definitely fixed and located upon a line or lines which shall 
be satisfactory to and approved by said commission ; and no part of 
said line or lines of road, after being so located, established, built, or 
constructed shall be changed, moved, or extended without the con- 
sent in writing of said commission thereto being first had and ob- 
tained, and upon the further condition that an agreement satisfac- 
tory to said commission and approved by it shall be entered into on 
the part of said company for the proper maintenance of the crossing 
of said Dry Valley road, and at all times keeping the same in proper 
repair and condition.— .le?' of May 7, 1898 {30 Stat., 399). 

GETTYSBURG NATIOISTAL MILITARY PARK. 

37. Acquisition of lands from the Gettysburg Battlefield Me- 
morial iVssociATiON. — The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to 
receive from the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, a cor- 
poration chartered by the State of Pennsylvania, a deed of convey- 
ance to the United States of all the lands belonging to said associa- 
tion, embracing about eight hundred acres, more or less, and being a 
considerable part of the battlefield of Gettysburg, together with all 
rights of way over avenues through said lands acquired by said asso- 
ciation, and all improvements made by it in and upon the same. 
Upon the due execution and delivery to the Secretary of War of such 
deed of conveyance the Secretary of War is authorized to pay to the 
said Battlefield Memorial Association the sum of two thousand dol- 
lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to discharge the debts 
of said association, the amount of such debts to be verified by the 
officers thereof, and the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby ap- 
propriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- 

1 For general provisions on this subject, see act of Mar. .3, 1897 (2ft Stat., 621), pars. 
4 to 11, ante. 



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priated to meet and defray such charges. — Act of February 11, 1895 
{28 Stat., 651) . 

38. Designation. — As soon as the lands aforesaid shall be conveyed 
to the United States the Secretary of War shall take possession of 
the same, and such other lands on the battlefield as the United States 
have acquired, or shall hereafter acquire, by purchase or condemna- 
tion proceedings; and the lands aforesaid shall be designated and 
knov^n as the " Gettysburg National Park."^ — Sec. 2, id. 

39. Commissioners, compensation, duties. — The Gettysburg Na- 
tional Park shall, subject to the supervision and direction of the 
Secretary of War, be in charge of the commissioners heretofore 
appointed by the Secretary of War for the location and acquisition 
of lands at Gettysburg, and their successors; the said commissioners 
shall have their office at Gettysburg, and while on duty shall be 
paid such compensation out of the appropriation provided in this 
act as the Secretary of War shall deem reasonable and just. And it 
shall be the duty of the said commissioners, under the direction of 
the Secretary of War, to superintend the opening of such additional 
roads as may be necessary for the purposes of the park and for the 
improvement of the avenues heretofore laid out therein, and to 
properly mark the boundaries of the said park, and to ascertain and 
definitely mark the lines of battle of all troops engaged in the Battle 
of Gettysburg, so far as the same shall fall within the limits of the 
park. 2 — Sec. 3, id. 

40. Acquisition or additional lands. — The Secretary of War is 
hereby authorized and directed to acquire, at such times and in such 
manner as he may deem best calculated to serve the public interest, 
such lands in the vicinity of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, not exceed- 
ing in area the parcels shown on the map prepared by Major General 
Daniel E. Sickles, United States Army, and now on file in the office 
of the Secretary of War, which were occupied by the infantry, 
cavalry, and artillery on the first, second, and third days of July, 
eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and such other adjacent lands as 
he may deem necessary to preserve the important topographical 
features of the battlefield : Provided, That nothing contained in this 

1 Where certain land, part of the battle field of Gettysburg, was in danger of being 
so cut up and altered by the construction of an electric railroad as to cause the oblitera- 
tion of important tactical positions occupied by the different commands engaged in the 
battle, advised that the Attorney General be requested to have initiated the proper pro- 
ceedings for the condemnation of the land so that the United States may acquire the fee, 
and for an injunction restraining the railroad company from constructing or operating 
its road upon the land pending the condemnation proceedings. (Dig. Opin. J. A. G., 
913c.) 

2 Any act of Congress which plainly and directly tends to enhance the respect and love 
of the citizen for the institutions of his country and to quicken and strengthen his 
motives to defend them, and vrhich is germane to and intimately connected with and 
appropriate to the exercise of some one or all of the powers granted by Congress, must be 
valid, and the proposed use in this case comes within such description. (U. S. v. 
Gettysburg Electric Railway Co., 160 U. S., 668.) 



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act shall be deemed and held to prejudice the rights acquired by 
any State or by any military organization to the ground on which 
its monuments or markers are placed, nor the right of way to the 
same. — Sec. 4, id. 

41. Same, condemnation. — For the purpose of acquiring the lands 
designated and described in the foregoing section not already ac- 
quired and owned by the United States, and such other adjacent 
land as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of War for the 
preservation and marking of the lines of battle of the Union and 
Confederate Armies at Gettysburg, the Secretary of War is author- 
ized to employ the services of the commissioners heretofore appointed 
by him for the location, who shall proceed, in conformity with his 
instructions and subject in all things to his approval, to acquire such 
lands by purchase, or by condemnation proceedings, to be taken by 
the Attorney General in behalf of the United States, in any case in 
which it shall be ascertained that the same can not be purchased at 
prices deemed reasonable and just by the said commissioners and 
approved by the Secretary of War. And such condemnation pro- 
ceedings may be taken pursuant to the act of Congress approved 
August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, regulating the con- 
demnation of land for public uses, or the joint resolution authoriz- 
ing the purchase or condemnation of land in the vicinity of Gettys- 
burg, Pennsylvania, approved June fifth, eighteen hundred and 
ninety-four. — Bee. 6, id. 

42. Disbursements to be approved by the Secretary of War and 
REPORTED annually TO CoNGRESS. — To enable the Secretary of War 
to carry out the purposes of this act, including the purchase or con- 
demnation of the land described in sections four and five of this act, 
opening, improving, and repairing necessary roads and avenues, 
providing surveys and maps, * * * seventy-five thousand dol- 
lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and 
all disbursements made under this act shall require the approval of 
the Secretary of War, who shall make annual report of the same to 
Congress. — Sec. 9, id. 

43. Marking positions with tablets, opening and improving 
AVENUES, ETC. — For the purpose of preserving the lines of battle at 
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and for properly marking with tablets 
the positions occupied by the various commands of the Armies of the 
Potomac and of Northern Virginia on that field, and for opening and 
improving avenues along the positions occupied by troops upon those 
lines, and for fencing the same, and for determining the leading 
tactical positions of batteries, regiments, brigades, divisions, corps, 
and other organizations with reference to the study and correct un- 
derstanding of the battle, and to mark the same with suitable tablets, 



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each bearing a brief historical legend, compiled without praise and 
without censure, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be ex- 
pended under the direction of the Secretary of War.^ — Act of March 
3, 1893 {27 Stat., 599) . 

44. Same, continuation or work. — For continuing the work of 
surveying, locating, and preserving the lines of battle at Gettysburg, 
Pennsylvania, and for purchasing, opening, constructing, and im- 
proving avenues along the portions occupied by the various commands 
of the Armies of the Potomac and Northern Virginia on that field, 
and for fencing the same; and for the purchase, at private sale or by 
condemnation, of such parcels of land as the Secretary of War may 
deem necessary for the sites of tablets, and for the construction of 
the said avenues; for determining the leading tactical positions and 
properly marking the same with tablets of batteries, regiments, 
brigades, divisions, corps, and other organizations with reference to 
the study and correct understanding of the battle, each tablet bear- 
ing a brief historical legend, compiled without praise and without 
censure ; fifty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of 
the Secretary of ^Y?ir.^—Act of August 18, 189^ {29 Stat., Ifi5). 

45. Improvement and maintenance of public koads. — The Sec- 
retary of War is hereby authorized in his discretion to improve and 
maintain the public roads within the limits of the national park at 
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, over which jurisdiction has been or may 
hereafter be ceded to the United States: Provided, That nothing 
contained in this act shall be deemed and held to prejudice the 
rights acquired by any State or by any military organization to the 
ground on which its monuments or markers are placed nor the right 
of way to the same.— J-C^J of June 10, 1896 {29 Stat., 38^). 

46. Specimens or arms, uniforms, etc., used in battle to be 

PRESERVED FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES IN MUSEUM ON FIELD. The ScC- 

1 This statute was held to be constitutional and within the power of Congress by the 
decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the United States v. 
The Gettysburg Electric Railway Co. (160 U. S., 668). But see U. S. v. Tract of Land, 
etc. (70 Fed. Rep., 940). 

3 The appropriations for the Gettysburg National Park, made in the acts of Aug. 18, 
1894, and Feb. 11, 1895, to the extent that they provide for objects common to both, are 
cumulative, while each is available for certain objects not provided for in the other. 
(2 Compt. Dec, 59.) 

The act of June 9, 1880 (21 Stat., 170), contained the following provision: "That the 
sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro- 
priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to complete the 
survey of the Gettysburg battle field ; also, to provide for the compilation of all available 
data used in locating troops on the engineer maps of that battle ; also, to provide 
diagrams showing the changing movements and positions during the engagement ; the 
whole to be done by or under the direction of Mr. John B. Bachelder, author of the posi- 
tion plates of the Government maps of that battle, under the direction of the Secretary 
of War : Provided, That no part of said sum shall be disbursed by the Secretary of War 
except for work actually performed or for materials furnished for the objects heretofore 
named ; and that all the maps, data, and materials prepared for, or used for, the work 
contemplated by this act shall be the property of the Government, to be deposited in the 
Department of War : And provided further. That the sum hereby appropriated shall be in 
full satisfaction for all work done and all material collected by the said John B. 
Bachelder." 



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retary of War is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to the 
Gettj'sburg Battlefield Memorial Association, at Gettysburg, Penn- 
sylvania, specimens of the arms, equipments, projectiles, uniforms, 
and other material of war used bj'^ the armies in that battle (so far 
as may be practicable), for the purpose of exhibiting and preserv- 
ing them for historical purposes in the museum at the house used 
by Major General Meade for headquarters, now oAvned by the said 
association, or at such other place as the directors of the association 
jnay deem proper. And that the transportation to Gettysburg be 
furnished by the Quartermaster's Department of the United States 
from the appropriation for the transportation of Army supplies. — 
Act of July 27, 1892 {27 Stat., 276). 

47. Leases. — The Secretary of War may lease the lands of the 
park, at his discretion, either to former owners or other persons, for 
agricultural purposes, the proceeds to be applied by the Secretary of 
War, through the proper disbursing officer, to the maintenance of 
the park.i— ^ci5 of June ^, 1897 {30 Stat., U)- 

48. Erection of tablet to contain President Lincoln's Gettys- 
burg ADDRESS. — ^The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and di- 
rected to cause to be made a suitable bronze tablet, containing on it 
the address delivered by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United 
States, at Gettysburg, on the nineteenth day of November, eighteen 
hundred and sixty-three, on the occasion of the dedication of the 
national cemetery at that place, and such tablet, having on it be- 
sides the address a medallion likeness of President Lincoln, shall 
be erected on the niost suitable site within the limits of said park, 
which said address was in the following words, to wit : 

" Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth 
on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedi- 
cated to the proposition that all men are created equal. 

" Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whetlier 
that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can 
long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. 
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final 
resting place for those who here gave their lives that that 
nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that 
we should do this. 

" But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not con- 
secrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, liv- 
ing and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it far 
above our poor power to add or detract. The world will 

1 The requirement of the act of June 4, 1897, which authorizes the Secretary of War to 
lease the lands of the Gettysburg National Military Park for agricultural purposes that 
" the proceeds are to be applied * * * to the maintenance of the park," relates only 
to the proceeds of leases so made, and not to other proceeds of the lands. (4 Comp. 
Dec, 343.) 



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little note, nor long remember, what we say here; but it can 
never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, 
rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they 
who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is 
rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining 
before us ; that from these honored dead we take increased de- 
votion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure 
of devotion ; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall 
not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have 
a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, 
by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." 
And the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be 
necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, to pay the cost of said tablet and medal- 
lion and pedestal. — Sec. 8, act of February 11^ 1895 {28 Stat., 651). 

49. Destruction of or injury to monuments, fences, trees, etc., 
AND HUNTING WITHIN THE PARK. — If Dny pcrson sliall dcstroy, muti- 
late, deface, injure, or remove, except by permission of the Secretary 
of War, any column, statue, memorial structure, or work of art that 
shall be erected or placed upon the grounds of the park by lawful 
authority, or shall destroy or remove an}^ fence, railing, inclosure, 
or other work for the protection or ornament of said park or any 
portion thereof, or shall destroy, cut, hack, bark, break down, or 
otherwise injure any tree, bush, or shrubbery that may be growing 
upon said park, or shall cut down or fell or remove any timber, 
battle relic, tree or trees, growing or being upon said park, or hunt 
within the limits of the park, or shall remove or destroy any breast- 
works, earthAvorks, walls, or other defenses or shelter or any part 
thereof constructed by the armies formerly engaged in the battles 
on the land or approaches to the park, or shall violate any regula- 
tion made and published by the Secretary of War for the government 
of visitors within the limits of said park, any person so offending 
and found guilty thereof, before any justice of the peace of the 
county in which the offense may be committed, shall, for each and 
every such offense, forfeit and pay a fine, in the discretion of the 
justice, according to the aggravation of the offense, of not less than 
five nor more than five hundred dollars, one-half for the use of the 
park and the other half to the informer, to be enforced and recov- 
ered before such justice in like manner as debts of like nature are 
now by law recoverable in the county where the offense may be com- 
mitted.^— /Sec. 7, act of February 11, 1895 {28 Stat., 651). 

50. Eegulations. — It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to 
establish and enforce proper regulations for the custody, preserva- 

^ For general statutes imposing penalties for offenses committed In national military 
parks, see act of Mar. 3, 1897 (29 Stat., 621), pars. 4 to 11, ante. 



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tion, and care of the monuments now erected or which may be here- 
after erected within the limits of the said national military park; 
and such rules shall provide for convenient access by visitors to all 
such monuments within the park, and the ground included therein, 
on such days and within such hours as may be designated and author- 
ized by the Secretary of War. — Sec. 6, act of February 11, 1895 {28 
Stat., 651). 

SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK. 

51. Extent, designation. — In order that the armies of the South- 
west which served in the Civil AVar, like their comrades of the East- 
ern armies at Gettysburg and those of the Central West at Chicka- 
mauga, may have the history of one of their memorable battles pre- 
served on the ground where they fought, the battlefield of Shiloh, in 
the State of Tennessee, is hereby declared to be a national military 
park, whenever title to the same shall have been acquired by the 
United States and the usual jurisdiction over the lands and roads 
of the same shall have been granted to the United States by the 
State of Tennessee; that is to say, the area inclosed by the following 
lines, or so much thereof as the commissioners of the park may deem 
necessary, to wit: Beginning at low-water mark on the north bank 
of Snake Creek where it empties into the Tennessee River; thence 
westwardly in a straight line to the point where the river road to 
Crumps Landing, Tennessee, crosses Snake Creek; thence along the 
channel of Snake Creek to Owl Creek; thence along the channel of 
Owl Creek to the crossing of the road to Purdy, Tennessee; thence 
southwardly in a straight line to the intersection of an east and west 
line drawn from the point where the road to Hamburg, Tennessee, 
crosses Lick Creek, near the mouth of the latter; thence eastward 
along the said east and west line to the point where the Hamburg 
road crosses Lick Creek; thence along the channel of Lick Creek to 
the Tennessee Eiver; thence along low-water mark of the Tennessee 
River to the point of beginning, containing three thousand acres, 
more or less, and the area thus inclosed shall be known as the Shiloh 
National Military Park: Provided, That the boundaries of the land 
authorized to be acquired may be changed by the said commis- 
sioners.— ^ec. i, act of Decemher 27, 189k i^S Stat., 597) . 

52. Acquisition of lands. — The establishment of the Shiloh Na- 
tional Military Park shall be carried forward under the control and 
direction of the Secretary of War, who, upon the passage of this 
act, shall proceed to acquire title to the same either under the act 
approved August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled 
"An act to authorize the condemnation of land for sites of public 
buildings, and for other purposes," or under the act approved Feb- 
ruary twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled 



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" An act to establish and protect national cemeteries," as he may 
select, and as title is procured to any portion of the lands and roads 
within the legal boundaries of the park he may proceed with the 
establishment of the park upon such portions as may thus be 
acquired. — Sec. ^, id. 

53. Commissioners, appointment, compensation. — The affairs of 
the Shiloh National Military Park shall, subject to the supervision 
and direction of the Secretary of War, be in charge of three com- 
missioners, to be appointed by the Secretary of War, each of whom 
shall have served at the time of the battle in one of the armies en- 
gaged therein, one of whom shall have served in the Army of the 
Tennessee, commanded by General U. S. Grant, who shall be chair- 
man of the commission; one in the Army of the Ohio, commanded 
by General D. C Buell; and one in the Army of the Mississippi, 
commanded by General A. S. Johnston. The said commissioners 
shall have an office in the War Department Building, and while on 
actual duty shall be paid such compensation out of the appropria- 
tions provided by this act as the Secretary of War shall deem reason- 
able and just; and, for the purpose of assisting them in their duties 
and in ascertaining the lines of battle of all troops engaged and the 
history of their movements in the battle, the Secretary of War shall 
have authority to emplo}', at such compensation as he may deem 
reasonable, to be paid out of the appropriations made by this act, 
some person recognized as well informed concerning the history of 
the several armies engaged at Shiloh, and who shall also act as sec- 
retary of the commission. — Sec. 4, id. 

54. Same, duties. — It shall be the duty of the commission named 
in the preceding section, under the direction of the Secretary of War, 
to open or repair such roads as may be necessary to the purposes of 
the park, and to ascertain and mark with historical tablets or other- 
wise, as the Secretary of War may determine, all lines of battle of 
the troops engaged in the Battle of Shiloh and other historical points 
of interest pertaining to the battle within the park or its vicinity, 
and the said commission in establishing this military park shall also 
have authority, under the direction of the Secretary of War, to em- 
ploy such labor and services and to obtain such supplies and material 
as may be necessary to the establishment of the said park under such 
regulations as he may consider best for the interest of the Govern- 
ment, and the Secretary of War shall make and enforce all needed 
regulations for the care of the park. — Sec. 5, id. 

55. Same, location of office; limitation upon cost of lands. — 
The commissioners appointed under the act of Congress approved 
December twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to have 
charge, under the Secretary of War, of the affairs of the Shiloh Na- 
tional Military Park, shall have their office at Pittsburg Landing, 



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Tennessee, or at such other point convenient to the battlefield of 
Shiloh, Tennessee, as the Secretary of War may direct; and the 
limit of cost of all the lands to be embraced in the said park is hereby 
fixed at not to exceed fifty thousand dollars.^ — Act of March 2, 1895 
{28 Stat, 945). 

56. States authorized to mark lines of batile by monuments, 
TABLETS, ETC. — It sliall be lawful for any State that had troops en- 
gaged in the battle of Shiloh to enter upon the lands of the Shiloh 
National Military Park for the purpose of ascertaining and marking 
the lines of battle of its troops engaged therein: Provided, That be- 
fore any such lines are permanently designated the position of the 
lines and the proposed methods of marking them by monuments, tab- 
lets, or otherwise shall be submitted to and approved by the Secre- 
tary of War, and all such lines, designs, and inscriptions for the 
same shall receive the written approval of the Secretary, which ap- 
proval shall be based upon formal written reports, which must be 
made to him in each case by the commissioners of the park : Provided, 
That no discrimination shall be made against any State as to the 
manner of designating lines, but any grant made to any State by the 
Secretary of War may be used by any other State. — Sec. 6, act of 
December 27, 1894 {28 Stat., 597) . 

57. Leases. — The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to enter 
into agreements whereby he may lease, upon such terms as he may 
prescribe, with such present owners or tenants of the lands as may 
desire to remain upon it, to occupy and cultivate their present hold- 
ings upon condition that they will preserve the present buildings 
and roads and the present outlines of field and forest, and that they 
only will cut trees or underbrush under such regulations as the Sec- 
retary may prescribe, and that they will assist in caring for and pro- 
tecting all tablets, monuments, or such other artificial works as may 
from time to time be erected by proper authority. — Sec. 3, id. 

58. Destruction of or injury to monuments, fences, trees, etc. — 
If any person shall, except by permission of the Secretary of War, 
destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any monument, column, 
statues, memorial structures, or work of art that shall be erected or 
placed upon the grounds of the park by lawful authority, or shall 
destroy or remove any fence, railing, inclosure, or other work for 
the protection or ornament of said park, or any portion thereof, or 
shall destoy, cut, hack, bark, break down, or otherwise injure any 
tree, bush, or shrubbery that may be growing upon said park, or 
shall cut down or fell or remove any timber, battle relic, tree or trees 
growing or being upon said park, or hunt within the limits of the 
park, or shall remove or destroy any breastworks, earthworks, walls, 

iThe act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat., 43), contained the requirement that "the limit of 
cost of all the lands to be embraced in the said park is hereby increased to not to exceed 
fifty thousand dollars." 



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or other defenses or shelter or any part thereof constructed by the 
armies formerly engaged in the battles on the lands or approaches 
to the park, any person so offending and found guilty thereof, before 
any justice of the peace of the county in which the offense may be 
committed, or any court of competent jurisdiction, shall for each and 
every such offense forfeit and pay a fine, in the discretion of the 
justice, according to the aggravation of the offense, of not less than 
five nor more than fifty dollars, one half for the use of the park and 
the other half to the informer, to be enforced and recovered before 
such justice in like manner as debts of like nature are now by law 
recoverable in the several counties where the offense may be com- 
mitted.^ — Sec. 7, id. 

59. Disbursements to be approved by the Secretary of War and 
REPORTED annually TO CoNGREss. — To enable the Secretary of War 
to begin to carry out the purpose of this act, including the con- 
demnation or purchase of the necessary land, marking the bound- 
aries of the park, opening or repairing necessary roads, restoring 
the field to its condition at the time of the battle, maps and surveys, 
and the pay and expenses of the commissioners and their assistant, 
the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or such portion thereof as 
may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and disbursements under this 
act shall require the approval of the Secretary of War, and he shall 
make annual report of the same to Congress. — Sec. 8, id. 

60. Condemned cannon, cannon balls, etc. — The Secretary of 
War and the Secretary of the Na\^ are hereby authorized to deliver 
to the Commissioners of the Shiloh National Military Park, at the 
park, upon the requisition of said commissioners, such condemned 
cannon, cannon balls, and shells as may be needed for the purposes 
of the Y>sirk.— Act of June 11, 1896 {29 Stat., 41,2). 

61. Same. — The Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy 
are hereby authorized to deliver to the Commissioners of the Shiloh 
National ISIilitary Park, at the park, upon the requisition of the 
commissioners, such condemned cannon, cannon balls, and shells as 
may be needed for the purposes of the park. — Act of FehruaTy 26 ^ 
1898 {29 Stat., IfJt2). 

VICKSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK. 

62. Establishment, extent. — In order to commemorate the cam- 
paign and siege and defense of Vicksburg, and to preserve the his- 
tory of the battles and operations of the siege and defense on the 
ground where they were fought and were carried on, the battlefield 
of Vicksburg, in the State of Mississippi, is hereby declared to be 
a national military park whenever the title to the same shall have 

1 For general statutes in respect to offenses in national military parks, see the act of 
Mar. 3, 1897 (39 Stat., 621), pars. 4 to 11, ante. 



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been acquired by the United States and the usual jurisdiction over 
the lands and roads of the same shall have been granted to the 
United States by the State of Mississippi; that is to say, the area 
inclosed by the following lines, or so much thereof as the commis- 
sioners of the park may deem necessary, to wit : Beginning near the 
point where the graveyard road, now know as the City Cemetery 
road, crosses the line of the Confederate earthworks; thence north 
about eighty rods ; thence in an easterly direction about one hundred 
and twenty rods; thence in a southerly direction, and keeping as 
far from the line of the Confederate earthworks as the purposes 
of the park may require and as the park commission, to be herein- 
after named, may determine, but not distant from the nearest point 
on said line of Confederate earthworks more than one hundred and 
sixty rods at any part, to a point about forty rods south and from 
eighty to one hundred and sixty rods east of Fort Garrott, also 
known as the " Square Fort " ; thence in a westerly direction to 
a point in the rear of said Fort Garrott ; thence in a northerly direc- 
tion across the line of the Confederate earthworks and to a point 
about two hundred feet in the rear of the said line of Confederate 
earthworks; thence in a general northerly direction, and at an 
approximate distance of about two hundred feet in the rear of the 
line of Confederate earthworks as the conformation of the ground 
may require, to the place of beginning. This to constitute the main 
body of the park. In addition thereto a strip of land about two 
hundred and sixty-four feet in width, along and including the 
remaining parts of the Confederate earthworks, namely, from the 
north part of said main body of the park to and including Fort Hill 
or Fort Nogales on the high hill overlooking the national cemetery, 
and from the south part of said main body of the park to the edge 
of the bluff at the river below the city of Vicksburg; and also in 
addition thereto a strip of land about two hundred and sixty-four 
feet in width, as near as may be, along and including the Federal 
lines opposed to the Confederate lines herein and above named and 
not included in the main body of the park; and in further addition 
thereto such points of interest as the commission may deem neces- 
sary for the purposes of the park and the Secretary of War may 
approve; the whole containing about one thousand two hundred 
acres, and costing not to exceed forty thousand dollars.^ — Act of Feb- 
ruary 21, 1899 {30 Stat., SP). 

iThe act of February 9, 1900 (31 Stat., 12), contains the requirement that "the sum 
of Ave thousand dollars, or so much of said amount as may be necessary, may be 
expended, with the approval of the Secretary of War, in addition to the amount author- 
ized by section one of the act approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and 
ninety-nine, in the purchase of lands to be used as a part of the site of said park." Thl8 
clause operates to increase the limit of expenditure for land from $40,000 to $45,000. 
By the act of June 6, 1900 (31 id. 625), the additional amount of $6,000 was appropriated 
for the purchase of lands. 



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63. Acquisition of lands. — The establishment of the Vicksburg 
National Military Park shall be carried forward under the control 
and direction of the Secretary of War; and the Secretary of War 
shall, npon the passage of this act, proceed to acquire title to the 
same by voluntary conveyance or under the act approved August 
first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled "An act to author- 
ize the condemnation of land for sites of public buildings, and for 
other purposes," or under act approved February twenty-second, 
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to establish and 
protect national cemeteries," as he may elect or deem practicable; 
and when title is procured to all of the lands and roads within the 
boundaries of the proposed park, as described in section one of this 
act, he may proceed with the establishment of the park, and he shall 
detail an officer of the Engineer Corps of the Army to assist the 
commissioners in establishing the park. — Sec. 2, id. 

64. Leases. — The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to enter 
into agreements of leasing, upon such terms as he may prescribe, 
with such occupants or tenants of the lands as may desire to remain 
upon it, to occup}'^ and cultivate their present holdings upon condi- 
tion that they will preserve the present buildings and roads and the 
present outlines of field and forest, and that they will only cut trees 
or underbrush under such regulations as the Secretary of War may 
prescribe, and that they will assist in caring for and protecting all 
tablets, moniunents, or such other artificial works as may from time 
to time be erected by proper authority: Provided., That the United 
States shall at all times have and retain full right, power, and 
authority to take possession of any and all parts or portions of said 
premises and to remove and expel therefrom any such occupant, 
tenant, or other person or persons found thereon whenever the Sec- 
retary of AVar or the commissioners shall deem it proper or neces- 
sary; and such right, power, and authority shall be reserved in ex- 
press terms in all leases and agreements giving or granting such 
occupant or tenant the right to remain in possession as herein con- 
templated; and thereupon said occupant or tenant or other persons 
who may be required to vacate said premises shall each and all at 
once surrender and deliver up the possession thereof. — Sec. 3, id. 

65. Commissioners, appointment, compensation. — The affairs of 
the Vicksburg National Military Park shall, subject to the supervi- 
sion and direction of the Secretary of War, be in charge of three 
commissioners, to be appointed by the Secretary of War, each of 
whom shall have served at the time of the siege and defense iii one 
of the armies engaged therein, two of whom shall have served in the 
Army commanded by General Grant and one in the Army com- 
manded by General Pemberton. The commissioners shall elect one 



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of their number chairman; they shall also elect, subject to the ap- 
proval of the Secretary of War, a secretary, who shall also be his- 
torian, and who shall possess the requisite qualifications of a com- 
missioner, and they and the secretary shall have an office in the city 
of Vicksburg, Mississippi, or on the grounds of the park, and be 
paid such compensation as the Secretary of War shall deem reason- 
able and just. — Sec. 4, id. 

66. Same, duties. — It shall be the duty of the commissioners 
named in the preceding section, under the direction of the Secretary 
of War, to restore the forts and the lines of fortification, the paral- 
lels and the approaches of the two armies, or so much thereof as may 
be necessary to the purposes of this park ; to open and construct and 
to repair such roads as may be necessary to said purposes, and to 
ascertain and mark with historical tablets, or otherwise, as the Sec- 
retary of War may determine, the lines of battle of the troops en- 
gaged in the assaults, and the lines held by the troops during the 
siege and defense of Vicksburg, the headquarters of General Grant 
and of General Pemberton, and other historical points of interest per- 
taining to the siege and defense of Vicksburg within the park or its 
vicinity; and the said commissioners in establishing this military 
park shall also have authority under the direction of the Secretary of 
War to do all things necessary to the purposes of the park, and for 
its establishment under such regulations as he may consider best for 
the interest of the Government, and the Secretary of War shall make 
and enforce all needful regulations for the care of the park.^ — Sec. 
6, id. 

67. States authorized to mark lines or battle by monuments, 
TABLETS, ETC. — It shall be lawful for any State that had troops en- 
gaged in the siege and defense of Vicksburg to enter upon the lands 
of the Vicksburg National Military Park for the purpose of ascer- 
taining and marking the lines of battle of its troops engaged therein : 
Provided, That before any such lines are permanently designated the 
position of the lines and the proposed methods of marking them by 
monuments, tablets, or otherwise shall be submitted to and approved 
by the Secretary of War, and all such lines, designs, and inscriptions 
for the same shall first receive the written approval of the Secretary 
of War, which approval shall be based upon formal written reports 
which must be made to him in each case by the commissioners of the 
park ; and no monument, tablet, or other designating indication shall 

' The employment of persons to aid the Vicksburg Military Park Commission in pre- 
paring abstracts of title to and conveyances of lands to be purchased for park purposes 
is not the employment of " attorneys or counsel," within the meaning of section 189, 
Revised Statutes, which provides that " no head of a department shall employ attorneys 
or counsel." The employment of such persons is authorized, and compensation for such 
services may be made from the appropriation made in section 8 of the act of February 
21, 1899 (30 Stat., 841; 6 Comp. Dec, 133). 



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be erected or placed within said park or vicinity without such writ- 
ten authority of the Secretary of War: Provided^ That no discrimi- 
nation shall be made against any State as to the manner of designat- 
ing lines, but any grant made to any State by the Secretary of War 
may be used by any other State. The provisions of this section shall 
also apply to organizations and persons; and as the Vicksburg Na- 
tional Cemetery is on ground partly occupied by Federal lines dur- 
ing the siege of Vicksburg, the provisions of this section, as far as 
may be practicable, shall apply to monuments or tablets designating 
such lines within the limits of that cemetery. — Sec. 6, id. 

68. Destruction or or injury to monuments, fences, trees, etc., 
HUNTING within THE PARK. — If any pcrsou shall, except by permis- 
sion of the Secretary of War, destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or 
remove any monument, column, statue, memorial structure, tablet, 
or work of art that shall be erected or placed upon the grounds of 
the park by lawful authority, or shall destroy or remove any fence, 
railing, inclosure, or other work intended for the protection or orna- 
mentation of said park or any portion thereof, or shall destroy, cut, 
hack, bark, break down, or otherwise injure any tree, bush, or shrub 
that may be growing upon said park, or shall cut down or fell or 
remove any timber, battle relic, tree, or trees growing or being upon 
said park, or hunt within the limits of the park, or shall remove or 
destroy any breastworks, earthworks, walls, or other defenses or 
shelter on any part thereof constructed by the armies formerly en- 
gaged in the battles on the lands or approaches to the park, any 
person so offending and found guilty thereof, before any United 
States commissioner or court, justice of the peace of the county in 
which the offense may be committeed, or any court of competent 
jurisdiction, shall for each and every such offense forfeit and pay 
a fine in the discretion of the said commissioner or court of the 
United States or justice of the peace, according to the aggravation 
of the offense, of not less than five nor more than five hundred dol- 
lars, one-half for the use of the park and the other half to the 
informant, to be enforced and recovered before such United States 
commissioner or court or justice of the peace or other court in like 
manner as debts of like nature are noAv by law recoverable in the 
several counties where the offense may be committed.^ — Sec. 7, id.^ 

69. Disbursements to be approved by the Secretary of War and 
REPORTED annually TO CoNGREss. — To enable the Secretary of War 
to begin to carry out the purpose of this act, including the condem- 

iThe share in the fine offered by section 7 of the act of Feb. 21, 1899 (30 Stat., 841), 
was apparently meant as a reward to the informant, and any other reward offered for 
final conviction would be an additional amount for the same service, the payment of 
which would be unauthorized. (14 Comp. Dec, 732.) 

2 For general statutes in respect to offenses in national military parks, see the act of 
Mar. 3, 1897 (39 Stat., 621), pars. 4 to 11, ante. 



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nation or purchase of the necessary land, marking the boundaries 
of the park, opening or repairing necessary roads, restoring the field 
to its condition at the time of the battle, maps and surveys, mate- 
rial, labor, clerical and all other necessary assistants, and the pay 
and expenses of the commissioners and their secretary and assist- 
ants, the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars, or such portion thereof 
as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and disbursements under 
this act shall require the approval of the Secretary of War, and he 
shall make annual report of the same to Congress. — Sec. 8, id. 

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